Revision E-mails
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- brains
I hate them. The hot rage builds up inside of me whenever I get the "This looks fantastic! But.." followed by an itemized list of painful changes. I've been doing this for a long time, yet somehow, it still pisses me off every time.
- CALLES0
This Is A Great Thread... But!....
- capn_ron0
• it's missing chicks
• needs more animated gifs
• could use some random photography
• has no video
• bigger logo please
• more jazz- < HA!CALLES
- Don't forgot... "Make it pop!"ETM
- Lulzbrains
- People are throwing around "sizzle" now. Where the fuck did that come from?monospaced
- "Sell the sizzle, not the cow"Amicus
- iCanHasQBN0
I hate that shit.
I'm getting sick of this business. Ready to walk away.
- any house in foreclosure in your block?CALLES
- i cant tell. they're apartment units.iCanHasQBN
- why?iCanHasQBN
- so you can move in without paying rent?CALLES
- door are locked.iCanHasQBN
- Naygon0
1) I hate them should be in BOLD
2) I'm not feeling the Rage.. Try it in another typeface
3) We talked it over and we want you to give a date for "A long time"
4) Make the logo just a little bit bigger
- brains0
FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
- inteliboy0
website html/css -- "we don't like the font"
- cannonball19780
Can we go back to the first version of this thread? I socialized the post with a few of my colleagues over here and the thinking is that "hate" actually feels more to the point.
- squidbrains0
- can you move it left about 3 pixels.
- tymeframe0
"followed by an itemized list"
Better than paragraphs of confusing/contradicting changes. Oh, and be happy they're not calling you with that mess. That's always a treat.
- When they start telling me their edits over the phone, I stop them dead and tell them to email it to me instead.monospaced
- brains0
Oh man, actually, tymeframe is right, revision phone calls. Yeah, new hate. Far worse than e-mails. Fuuuuuck. Yes, that's a proactive decision, call me with a bunch of changes so there is no logical trail of record to show what was asked for vs. what was done.
- exactly. half the time I can't read my own notes after phone calls because they were talking faster than they could think.tymeframe
- desmo0
Its a part of the business.
Either we put up with it or we have to get the design EXACTLY RIGHT the first time. Which one is easier to do you think?
- Its always done exactly right the first time. everything after that is the client fucking it up.iCanHasQBN
- amenmonospaced
- monospaced0
It's even more infuriating when they begin like, "Hey, do you think it would be possible if we could..." and then, after bullet-listing their requests, they end it like a pure command, omitting any chance that there might have been a question mark somewhere in there. I'd honestly respect them more if they simply said, "Hey, here are the changes we would like:" and just get on with it, instead of patronizing me with the polite lead-in question in the first place.
- Give them a blunt reply - let them know it's okay to be straightforward.lukus_W
- monospaced0
It's not like I can say, "No."
- scarabin0
"Can you take this keyart and make a GIANT sticker that has a piano on it and the japanese writing (or the english version) and show me what it looks like with the sticker on it?"
what?
how big is giant?
you want a sticker with a sticker of itself on it?
- Exactly. And why form it as a question when it's really just a command to begin with?monospaced
- could be worse .. "can _we_ ...lukus_W
- monospaced0
Oh, oh, and even worse is when these revision emails come in after you've been waiting for any sign of content for months and you're only days away from the deadline for file release. It's like, guys, you had forever to get this shit together, if you're going to wait until the last minute at least have it finalized so we don't have to go through umptine iterations, each with it's own slew of revision emails.
- brains0
Oh that's another thing, vaaaaague demands.
"Hi, we need a bunch of posters made for next week, can you do them?"
Followed by
"These look great! Sorry though, black and white only"Followed by
"Thanks for tweaking that, can we see these in the proper size? Can you reformat this 24x36 for 12x12?"Followed by
"Great, we appreciate your hard work on this, just a few quick revisions"
- Laundry list of changes that completely change the poster.Followed by
"Thanks a lot. The cheque is in the mail."
- tymeframe0
Me: "Hi client, we sent you another test of your e-newsletter. If everything looks good we'll send it out immediately."
Client: "Great! Can you wait 20 minutes so I can drive home (from the office) and look at it?"
Got this two Fridays ago while working late on a deadline that was given to us that same day.